Realm: Humor - Subrealm: (Lame)
Mar. 3rd, 2008 02:22 pmIt is a tribute both to my lame sense of humor and to the extent that all of you freaks have infected my brain with MemeSpeak that I thought of this, but...
Since the 1990's the 'linguistic turn' in historical studies has led scholars to examine the commodification of ideas, and to use this concept as an analytical tool to examine other phenomena, notably the societal context of cultural artefacts and concepts. This has resulted in a spate of articles and monographs with titles along the lines of "The Consumption of X", where X is an abstract concept, phenomenon of "high culture", belief system, etc.
This trend can be rendered much more amusing by substituting in OM NOM NOM.
A revised list of titles would thus include:
Bermingham, Ann (ed.), OM NOM NOM Culture, 1600-1800.
Smail, Daniel Lord, Justice OM NOM NOM: emotions, publicity, and legal culture in Marseille, 1264-1423.
Sardar, Ziauddin. OM NOM NOM NOM Kuala Lumpur
Cottrell, J. D., Medical Care OM NOM NOM: Who cares about the rest of this title?
Sally MacDonald and Michael Rice (eds.), OM NOM NOM Ancient Egypt
Make your own!
(OK, this is also a tribute to my geekiness, and to the effects of too much time working in cataloging. Admitted.)
Since the 1990's the 'linguistic turn' in historical studies has led scholars to examine the commodification of ideas, and to use this concept as an analytical tool to examine other phenomena, notably the societal context of cultural artefacts and concepts. This has resulted in a spate of articles and monographs with titles along the lines of "The Consumption of X", where X is an abstract concept, phenomenon of "high culture", belief system, etc.
This trend can be rendered much more amusing by substituting in OM NOM NOM.
A revised list of titles would thus include:
Bermingham, Ann (ed.), OM NOM NOM Culture, 1600-1800.
Smail, Daniel Lord, Justice OM NOM NOM: emotions, publicity, and legal culture in Marseille, 1264-1423.
Sardar, Ziauddin. OM NOM NOM NOM Kuala Lumpur
Cottrell, J. D., Medical Care OM NOM NOM: Who cares about the rest of this title?
Sally MacDonald and Michael Rice (eds.), OM NOM NOM Ancient Egypt
Make your own!
(OK, this is also a tribute to my geekiness, and to the effects of too much time working in cataloging. Admitted.)